Back in the USSR

A slow, wistful time-travel drama about a burnt-out man finding love and meaning in the Soviet past, mixing melancholy with earnest romance.

Created by

Valeri Rozhnov

Genres

Drama

Starring

Evgeny Ponasenkov, Polya Polyakova, Marat Basharov

Overview

Successful 34-year-old businessman Anton Radimov is already fed up with everything in this life and nothing is interesting. From boredom and lack of love, he finds solace in alcohol (which he drinks all the time). His close friend Andrey decides to save him, and as a result, Anton gets to a meeting of alcoholics anonymous, where he meets a strange man nicknamed "Stalker", who offers Anton a real adventure with feelings that he has never experienced. And after that, Anton is miraculously transported from his 2010 year to the past-to April 27, 1975. There Anton meets his true love and afterwards he doesn't even want to go back to his present time.

How it feels

Melancholic, romantic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Love, addiction, isolation, identity

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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